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Explore The Intricate Tapestry of Love As It Spun Out In Real Life With Alan Mack’s Intimate And “Stranger Than Fiction” True Case Study Of Love And The Science Behind It

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:37:22 GMT

Can a fleeting, ineffable event so alter a person’s brain chemistry that thirty-five years later, nearly to the day, his life—his ordinary, slightly above-average, but otherwise unexceptional suburban life—can be turned upside down and inside out?“Children Of An Idle Brain” is the true story of how, given the right circumstances, it really can happen. This book is a case study, in real time—time stretching over much of an adult life—of the power of that thing of which songwriter Cole Porter asked: “What is this thing called love? This funny thing called love. Just who can solve its mystery? Why should it make a fool of me?”But make a fool of us love can and does. It did happen to Alan Mack, that ordinary, above-average suburban guy—a good husband, a good family man, a good boss, a good friend, someone you might meet for a drink after work—who thought he had a firm grip on life, but who otherwise won’t be worth reading a book about, except that he fell victim to “that funny thing cal...

Man Fatally Struck in Pedestrian Accident on Interstate 205 [Tracy, CA]

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:37:22 GMT

36-Year-Old Patterson Man Killed in Pedestrian Collision near Grant Line RoadTRACY, CA (November 21, 2023) – Early Saturday morning, one person died in a pedestrian crash on Interstate 205 near Grant Line Road. Officers responded to the scene around 3:45 a.m., on the eastbound lanes of the freeway after receiving multiple dispatch calls.Per reports, the driver of a Peterbilt semi-truck pulled over on the right shoulder to aid those involved in a previous collision. The driver of a passing vehicle then hit the man as he was walking back to his truck.Paramedics arrived and declared the 36-year-old man from Patterson dead at the scene. Moreover, the woman driving the Kia remained uninjured.Crews shut down the surrounding area for a brief time during clearing operations. At this time, an active investigation is still currently underway.The team at Sweet James offers their warm and sincerest sympathies go out to the friends and family of the victim. May you find comfort and strengt...

A masked man leapt from bush and killed a Hayward man. Photos, phone records, and a Selena Gomez song led to arrest of wife, lover

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:37:22 GMT

HAYWARD — It all started at 10:20 p.m. on Oct. 8, when 35-year-old Razma Mohammed-Ibrahim ran to her neighbors’ door, frantically stating that she found her 51-year-old husband dead from stab wounds and needed them to call 911.But now, the Hayward police investigation has ended with the arrested of Mohammed-Ibrahim on charges of arranging the murder of her husband, Parwiz Assar, along with her 21-year-old lover, Samim Azizi. In the six weeks between the homicide and both suspects’ arrests, police uncovered evidence of serious marital problems, an ongoing affair, and a victim who sensed that his life was in danger yet continued to go to the home he and his wife shared, according to court records.The evidence against Azizi and Mohammed-Ibrahim is a collage of internet searches, text messages, phone records, surveillance footage, and even a haunting post on Mohammed-Ibrahim’s Instagram account, made the day Assar was killed, which included the Selena Gomez song ...

Report: Ultraprocessed foods now account for 2/3rds of teens’ diet

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:37:22 GMT

By Katie Hunt | CNNChildren and teens in the United States now get more than two-thirds of their calories from ultraprocessed foods, an analysis of almost two decades worth of data has found.Ultraprocessed foods – such as frozen pizza, microwave meals, packaged snacks and desserts – accounted for 67% of calories consumed in 2018, up from 61% in 1999, according to research published in the medical journal JAMA Tuesday. The study analyzed the diet of 33,795 children and adolescents nationwide.While industrial processing can keep food fresher longer and allow some foods to be fortified with vitamins, it modifies food to change its consistency, taste and color to make it more palatable, cheap and convenient – using processes that aren’t used in home-cooked meals. They are also aggressively marketed by the food industry.“Some whole grain breads and dairy foods are ultra-processed, and they’re healthier than other ultra-processed foods,” said senior author Fang Fang Zhang, a nutrition and...

Letters: Oakland on brink | Climate policies | Leadership failure | Anti-Semitic trope | Conflict prolonged | Path to peace

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:37:22 GMT

Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor.Progressive policieshave Oakland on brinkWherefore art thou fallen, O city of Oakland? From 1951 until 1993 I lived in the flatlands of the Fruitvale District in Oakland. As youngsters, we could go trick-or-treating safely with no adult supervision. Now all the houses there have metal bars on their windows and fences around their yards.Until Oakland comes to grips with its crime, drug and homelessness issues it will continue to lose businesses, restaurants, sports teams, etc. And it’s a tragedy because Oakland is a physically beautiful city with a historically significant past, and creative, industrious people. Why Oaklanders continue to elect progressive, left-wing, failed politicians who do nothing but foster misery remains one of life’s great mysteries.Paul StoneDublinSchool closures werefailure of leadershipI have previously written to The Times about what a failure of government and lead...

49ers’ Brock Purdy taking healthier body, stronger arm into Seattle

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:37:22 GMT

SANTA CLARA — As Brock Purdy humbly sits atop the NFL’s passing leaders, he reflected back to July, when he began “ripping” 50-yard passes with accuracy with his surgically repaired arm. A couple of weeks later, he promptly opened training camp with two deep overthrows, all in search of consistency and arm strength.“It’s been a work in progress back to camp,” Purdy said Tuesday. “Once the season hit, I was able to do it.”Purdy’s long ball is a long-sought element the 49ers (7-3) are using to their highlight-reel benefit as they go visit the Seattle Seahawks (6-2) on Thanksgiving night.When Purdy made his first career road start there last December, his arm was healthy but a broken rib almost kept him out of the lineup, and it still hindered what he could throw in that 21-13, division-clinching win.“Anything that just made me really coil up and absolutely rip it,” Purdy recalled of his play-call limitations. “The...

Paris Hilton’s media company suspends ads on Musk’s Twitter

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:37:22 GMT

By Liam Reilly and Clare Duffy | CNNParis Hilton’s entertainment company 11:11 Media has pulled an advertising campaign from Elon Musk’s X just one month after announcing an exclusive partnership with the platform, becoming the latest brand to halt ad spending on the site formerly known as Twitter over concerns about antisemitism and pro-Nazi content on the site.“11:11 Media made the decision to immediately pull the campaign from the platform,” Bruce Gersh, 11:11 Media’s president and chief operating officer, told CNN on Tuesday.The decision by Hilton’s company to pull its advertising is a blow to X and the platform’s chief executive, Linda Yaccarino, who announced a major promotional partnership with Hilton just last month. The deal, which was touted by Yaccarino as a long-term, “official partnership” between Hilton, 11:11 Media, and X, aimed to create “a launchpad for new initiatives in video and live video, live commerce, Spaces, and so much more.” The deal also established a rev...

Oakland: Fire ravages celebrated pitmaster’s Horn Barbecue

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:37:22 GMT

A fire early Tuesday ravaged West Oakland’s acclaimed Horn Barbecue, two days after pitmaster Matt Horn’s restaurant was defaced with graffiti.When firefighters arrived on the scene of the 4:19 a.m. blaze, they saw heavy fire and smoke coming from the rear of the 2534 Mandela Parkway building. They contained the fire within 15 minutes and declared it under control at 5:03 a.m., according to Oakland fire spokesman Michael Hunt.Damage was so significant that city inspectors have red-tagged the building, meaning it cannot be entered until structural concerns are addressed. The fire’s cause is under investigation.The restaurant is normally closed Tuesdays and no one would have been inside cooking, authorities were told. Horn confirmed that to KTVU.Angered by the graffiti incident that presumably occurred overnight Sunday, Horn had taken to social media Monday to scold the “cowardly individuals” responsible for their “senseless acts of crime,” an...

SMART train service delayed after crash with bicycle in Rohnert Park

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:37:22 GMT

(KRON) -- SMART train service is delayed on Tuesday after a train crashed into a bicycle in Rohnert Park, the train service confirmed. The cyclist suffered non-fatal injuries in the crash. The crash happened at about 3:45 p.m. near the Rohnert Park Expressway. The cyclist was struck by a southbound train, SMART said. Jewish-owned SF ice cream shop reopens after being vandalized with pro-Palestinian graffiti There were 17 passengers on the train and two crew members. None of them reported injuries. Rohnert Park Expressway between State Farm Drive and Country Club Drive closed after the crash. At 4:25 p.m., the roadway reopened. SMART train says riders should expect delays to all trains.

Tim Boyle ready to feel ‘dangerous’ in his first start at QB for Jets vs. Dolphins on Friday

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:37:22 GMT

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Tim Boyle looks back at his first three NFL starts two years ago and sees a different quarterback.That version of himself wasn’t nearly as prepared — mentally or physically — as he believes he is now while heading into his first start with the New York Jets on Friday against the Miami Dolphins.“You’ve got to feel like you’re dangerous out there,” Boyle said Tuesday. “You can’t go into a play or a series thinking with any doubt. Confidence is critical going in there and feeling like I’m the guy and that I’m not going to miss. That’s kind of the focus. “But, yeah, confidence is everything playing quarterback.”The 29-year-old Boyle is stepping into the huddle in place of the benched Zach Wilson, who had started past nine games for the injured Aaron Rodgers.It’ll be the first significant playing time for Boyle since he started three games for Detroit during the 2021 season, which he started on injured reserve because of a broken right th...